Taliban

Taliban close Kabul airport road to Afghans to block their evacuation

Aug 26, 2021 18:36

The Taliban have moved to prevent Afghans from leaving the country by joining the US-led airlift, declaring the route to Kabul airport only open to foreigners. The Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said: “The road that ends at Kabul airport has been blocked. Foreigners can go through it but Afghans are not allowed to take the road.”
Biden faces pressure to extend Afghanistan evacuation mission as Taliban warns against doing so

Aug 25, 2021 14:15

The United States faced mounting global pressure on Monday (Aug. 23, 2021) to extend its evacuation mission in Afghanistan past President Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline, despite a Taliban warning against doing so.
Freezing Afghanistan’s wealth: US scrambles to hit hard with “soft” power

Aug 25, 2021 13:53

As the U.S. government is left scrambling, watching its 2.2 trillion dollar war effort turn out to have meant nothing and seeking to pick up the pieces, it is now behaving very dangerously. The U.S. may not have a physical presence inside of Afghanistan in the future, but the fear is that its economic sanctions may end up being more deadly than its armed forces.
US humiliation in Afghanistan could be a turning point in world history

Aug 24, 2021 19:14

It's just over three decades since the Soviet Union was driven out of Afghanistan in a moment of epic national humiliation. Thirty-two years on and recently the United States has suffered the identical fate.
Adding to US failures in Afghanistan, Taliban have grabbed billions in weaponry

Aug 24, 2021 08:39

The Taliban are now in effective control of billions of dollars in U.S. weaponry—from thousands of grenades and machine guns to Black Hawk helicopters—American forces poured into Afghanistan over the past two decades.
Latest US misstep in Afghanistan just one of many

Aug 23, 2021 15:12

The criticisms against US President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan are coming from all corners. But most are missing the point.
US policy toward Afghanistan was a recipe for collapse from start

Aug 22, 2021 18:50

We must not erase the U.S.’s longtime role in the creation of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan: The current chaos and violence have been nearly 20 years in the making.
Afghan refugee crisis headed for Europe

Aug 21, 2021 08:34

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, after calling the scenes in Kabul “bitter, dramatic and terrifying,” announced she would look for ways to “secure possibilities for refugees in the neighborhood” of Afghanistan – that is, somewhere that is not inside Europe.
US government lied for two decades about Afghanistan

Aug 20, 2021 16:37

Using the same deceitful tactics they pioneered in Vietnam, U.S. political and military officials repeatedly misled the country about the prospects for success in Afghanistan. Numerous documents, largely ignored by the public, proved that U.S. officials knew what they were saying was false — just as happened so many times in prior wars — and even deliberately doctored information to enable their lies.
There 'will never be' a US military solution in Afghanistan: Rep. Barbara Lee

Aug 20, 2021 08:27

US Congresswoman Barbara Lee—who cast the sole vote against the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force that was used to justify the war in Afghanistan—reiterated on Sunday, August 15th her assessment that "there is no military solution" to address the worsening chaos in that country.